Suitors in the 18th and 19th centuries often carved love tokens out of whatever material was at hand. According to the National Museum of Wales, a cow horn carved with intricate patterns in its ...
The enduringly popular colour has been splashed across churches, mosques, shop fronts and even homes while some cities, like Jaipur in India, and France’s Toulouse, are even known for their abundance ...
But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...